It’s funny how there is a myth that Liberals are femi-nazi, (to quote Rash Limbaugh) tree hugging, Frazier watching, latte drinking, elitist, limousine, out-of-touch and any other wussie mythological talking point falsities. There is virtually not one point in that entire array that is true, with the occasional latte, which is enjoyed by so many Americans that Starbucks became a global empire over night in Red and Blue States alike (uh oh! There’s another myth, we better stay on point). Point being is that from what I can tell, Republicans and especially those who call themselves “Conservative Republicans” are whinny little bullies with clammy pink hands, smoke big fat cigars (likely a phallic complex) and complain about everything! Everything from their taxes, to other complainers, all day long that is all they ever do is bitch and moan and whine and cry and always turn their poor wealthy, elite, powerful, out-of-touch, clammy-handed, whinny little agenda into their own personal victim list.

There is of course the rank & file. They are often poor, non-Anglo-Saxon White who have been suckered into an Elite White game. They “identify” with the …

(Before I begin, a quick note. This is a Rated R edition of Soapblox, no kids allowed, must be 17 or accompanied by a parent.

I would curse here regularly if I didn’t have more class. LOL, my momma taught me better. However, since this article contains clips of the late George Carlin, not using the word Fuck seems kind of silly, especially since this rant is one of massive anger. I mean, our #1 American beer company was sold off to a country that puts a picture of a pissing statue on its own brew. So, in the spirit of Mr. Carlin, Fuck it, just this once. Now please proceed, let me tear your ticket and enjoy the show.)
This week has been an awful week for America. On the eve of celebrating our 232nd Anniversary, the time since the 4th of July has been plagued with trouble in the stock market, the near collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, numerous banks on the chopping block, the bankruptcy word thrown around in the same sentence with GM (remember, “what’s good for GM is what’s good for America”) and now, the selling off …

You gotta love the Right’s pathetic attempt to make Obama look like an elitist. Here, you have extraordinarily wealthy, spoiled, fat, cigar smoking,, West Palm Beach pundits like Rush Windbag combined with well salaried, latte drinking, ivy league educated, insolated and out of touch “journalists” , and don’t get me started on the politicians (like Bush) who come from a long line of well-to-do political dynasties, trying to tell the average Joe what is elite. It simply doesn’t wash.

As Colbert satirized, conservative NY Times ignoramus, David Brooks, said “Obama is not the kind of guy you’d see eating at an Applebee’s salad bar”. As the brilliant Colbert pointed out, Applebee’s DOESN’T HAVE A SALAD BAR! This $1000 sporty tie wearing NY Times wacko Rightie pundit likely doesn’t know his Popcorn Shrimp Platter from his Red Hot Jalapeño Poppers. Of all people I can’t see eating at an Anytown U.S.A. corporate eatery, it’s political pundits like David Brooks, and while I CAN see Rush stuffing his fat face with Awesome Blossom grease puddles, it is highly unlikely that any of these spoiled brats have ever gotten a callous on their …

The recent actions of Hillary and husband Bill are about as despicable as despicable gets. They’ve proven, to those who see beyond the political gimmicks and tactics, that they are politicians interested only in there own legacy and care so little for the future of this nation or the American people, that they are willing to burn the village in order to save it. That’s the same village, by the way, that Hillary once said it took to raise a child.

I used to love Bill, that is, in the way that a voter loves a politician (which is one of the lesser forms of love) I’ve never really cared much for Hillary, but that didn’t really matter because she was just the first lady. While surrounded by wimpy Democrats and a wife that had done him more harm than good, Bill stood up to the Republican machine and helped to stop most of their destructive agenda. While he screwed things up royally by getting a blow job, he survived the obvious political desperation of the Republicans and cut the momentum of their movement in half. Hillary, on the other hand, was largely …

I would be lying if I said I believed 2008 is going to be a great year. In fact, never in my life have I been more sure that we are in for hard times than I am now.

I’m trying to stay positive, as I’m sure you all are as well, however the writing is on the wall. Under the leadership of Bush and the Republicans, with a deregulated Corporate economy, with an overall decline in ethics and a cynical, useless media, the American Machine is now only churning out dreams for an increasingly smaller and smaller crowd, while giving the rest of us sleepless nights.

Bush calls the economy sour. Oh go choke on a Pretzel! I’m sick to death of some Connecticut born wanabe cowboy, cocaine abusing, Yale fraternity, spoiled-rotten, ELITIST PRICK, trying to sympathize with me. I’m also sick of Fox News and how they push their racist, corporate bullshit on a bunch of ignorant heartlanders, feeding them lies that perpetuate the problem. I’m sick of the rest of the media for being so out of touch with reality, thinking …

While reading the headlines of war, recession, division and sadness, I found this little tidbit on the thriving success of a magazine targeted at the super wealthy. I thought this little tidbit was perfect for today’s QuickLinx.

Apparently there is a thriving industry around selling to people SO rich, they view the Robb Report as the damn Pennysaver. If you’re making at least $650,000 a year and/or own a private jet; than your target demographic matches Doubledown Media, who’s readership is so wealthy, your yacht must be at least 40 feet to read it.

Doubledown Media is the producer of such fine publications as Corporate Leader, Cigar Report, Private Air (a rag devoted to your own private airplane(s) and their latest periodical to hit the press, The Players Club (and btw, “playas” need not apply, that is, unless you have an impressive portfolio). While this fine group of well-minded, young upstarts are doing their duty in a nation at war and recession, they’re also answering to a higher service: making money and apparently more now than ever before.

“We’re seeing very rapid growth,” brags …

The degradation of the Presidential race may have finally bottomed out. While the media, eager to prove that it’s being “tough” on Obama, pounced on some remarks Obama’s pastor Rev. Wright made recently, the clever and daring politician fired back with a speech as daring as John F. Kennedy’s famous speech on religion in 1960, and, much to the surprise of many, he succeeded.

While Hillary Clinton managed to avoid addressing the fiery and naïve remarks made by campaign aide and former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Obama attacked this issue head on. While it seems fairly irrelevant to me that Obama’s Pastor got angry at White America nearly 20 years ago, it was wise of the Illinois Senator to take swift and decisive action, as opposed to the slow and divisive tactic Hillary Clinton choose on her gender/race issue.

The decision to make a speech however, is only half the battle. Who could forget Romney’s speech on religion earlier this year that failed to energize his campaign? Romney could not reconcile his Mormon faith to the millions of evangelical voters and his momentum stalled, …

It’s been a long time since we had an Orange Alert huh? Remember those? Seemed like every time suspicions of the Bush Administration’s mishandling of 9-11 came up, or bad times in Iraq, or my absolute personal favorite, The Democratic Convention, we were all running to the store to buy duct tape and check our mail with anthrax proof gas masks.

An amazing coincidence?

Anyone with half a brain cell who actually paid attention to the Bush Administration’s complete and utter exploitation of the multi-colored Terror Alert Level System will not be shocked by accusations that Bush used it to his political advantage.

Keith Olbermann’s recent Nexus of Terror Timeline however, will still disgust you beyond belief. He lays down 17 minutes of Bush abuse on the issue of terrorism for nothing more than political gain. He reads off an overwhelming array of evidence, laid out in chronological order that details just how low the Bush Administration sunk to maintain political power in Washington.

Fear, fear and more fear will be one of Bush’s …

Super Tuesday is over, now comes the rush of political punditry. Large panels of angry white men appear across the news echo chamber to discuss race and gender issues they know nothing about. Who got the Latino vote? The Black vote? The Female vote? They flap their lips about political power in this country with all the statistical data and enthusiasm of a Monday morning sportscast. As an American comprised of many races and nationalities, I find all this talk about race tiring and distracting. Although, perhaps that’s part of being a mutt. I’ve never seen a point in choosing between my Latino, Irish, Muskogee Creek Indian and various other ancestral facets and never fill in those annoying race bubbles on questionnaires. Perhaps that’s why I’ve seen racial compartmentalization for what it really is: a political tool of division.

You’ve gotta love our media. They sure know how to entertain. Unfortunately all this entertainment draws from their ability to inform, not to mention their efforts to create drama have been absolutely destructive to the electoral process. …

I found this post (& picture I made) from 2 years ago, that I surprisingly still feel is right on point for this holiday season. While 2 years ago, I had hoped the Plutocratic forces that are destroying our Democracy would be swept aside, this has, unfortunately, not come to fruition. In other words: the old man Potters of the world are alive and well.

They’re working hard to create uniform Pottersvilles all over the country, (a.k.a. Anytown U.S.A.) pushing decadent consumption (alcohol, gambling, consumerism) and seeking to break solidarity of the middle and lower classes by turning us into consumers. All they while they brand this “democracy” and through a vast expansion of media consolidation, they are discouraging descent, calling the right of protest, one of the oldest and most sacred American traditions, “unpatriotic”.

It is no secret that our country has headed down the wrong path. The economic, political and social gauges are all reflecting decline. China and Russia are on the rise and we’re locked into a state of continuous war. Ol’ George Orwell’s classic 1984, may be proven true yet, and I’m not even talking about all …

I did not watch last nights YouTube Republican Debate, nor have I ever really given a complete watch of any Republican Debate for that matter, however all the news that is pouring through the wires is electrified with bitter exchanges and other warlike moments of verbal vulgarity between Rudy “I was Mayor of New York during 9-11” Giuliani and Mit “the Morman” Romney. Both sides are locked in a pathetic display of “he started it” and “I’m the REAL victim” with Republican dark-horse Huckabee riding the degeneration wave to his highest crest yet. Unfortunately for all of the Presidential wanabees, the real loser of last nights debate was the Republican Party.

Republicans have a tradition of choosing, internally by right of power, the candidate they are going to push on to the rank and file Repubs. Rebels like John McCain have discovered that any attempt to cross this decision can be met with brutal force, as he did when Rove spread via push-polling, an untrue rumor of McCain fathering an illegitimate black baby in the South Carolina primary. The result destroyed McCain’s chances of besting our now infamously disastrous George “WWIII” …

These days, the doom and gloom about the American Economy seems to lie just beneath the surface. Many people are talking about the events that are shaking our sense of stability, however the implications of these events is largely kept silent. The “R word” has come up lightly here and there, yet most media outlets are remaining largely silent. They’re afraid to cry “fire” in the movie theatre, while the projection room slowly burns. Especially since a recession is not really a possibility at this point, it’s an inevitability, and it might get much worse.

I tend to stay away from economic stories here on Soapblox. It is very easy for one to get carried away with the tide of news, so I waited till the writing was on the wall, and boy is it ever on the wall now. Last week, Federal Reserve Chairmen Bernake announced that the economy was slowing, and what’s worse, he couldn’t lower interest rates any longer, as inflation is rearing it’s ugly head. Essentially that’s like George Bush telling Americans we’re losing the Iraq War. Sure we all know where this is …

I can’t help but notice a strange numbness in the American public. I see it locally and I see it in the media, an almost fatigue from hearing a steady stream of bad news. We sure have had a lot of it these days. China is on the rise, U.S. is in decline, Iraq is a mess, our President turned out to be the dumb ass we all hoped he wasn’t (that goes for all Americans) and now he wants to go to war with Iran. The world feels like it’s inching towards the brink with no certainty, no great glorious cause or purpose and now out of nowhere, another natural disaster, possibly caused by climate change, the Southern California fires burns across the major media. It’s enough to send anyone to the loony bin.

There has been a serious decline in the quality of the American machine. Even our celebrities, which themselves are of a poorer quality than in …

Over sized mouth piece, Rush “to Judgment” Limbaugh, is, to be frank, as useful to the American discourse as a large bag of hot air. I have called him “the rash” in the past and the more I think about it, the more I see that this analogy is entirely accurate.

In past weeks the Rash lashed out at soldiers who spoke out against the war, calling them “phony soldiers”. Senate Democrats jumped on the opportunity and wrote him a letter (wow, sock it to em Dems [sarcasm]). A letter the bloated loud mouth auctioned off on EBay for a hefty sum, proceeds as you might expect, went to some right leaning charity that provides scholarship funds to the children of, specifically, Marines and Federal Law enforcement personnel (whatever that means) who are killed in the line of duty. The rumor mill has not been cranking out stories of typical Republican crookedness in regards to this charity, so we can give them the benefit of the doubt, and assume they’re not funneling the money into some sort of slush fund to …

You know it’s funny, when I was a kid I hated to watch the morning shows because they were too newsy. Today I don’t watch them because they are garbage. All news has been confined to the first hour, the early 7am run, and that hour seems to get smaller and smaller with each passing day. Today I awoke to the first hour of Good Morning America with little expectations, and was disappointed still. They spent almost 12 minutes on the shooting in Cleveland (a far cry from the coverage given to similar tragedies in whiter schools) and less than 30 seconds on an insurgent attack on a U.S. base. Then they moved on to lighter fare. Did you know that a story like David Hasselhoff’s alcoholic relapse can make national network news these days? I mean as if Britney Spear’s custody battle was useless enough, now we have more information being piped into our brains with the nutritional value of a Twinkie.

Slow news day? Hmmm, let’s check:
Aside from the barely …

I would like to kick off our new rant section with a quick thought. In last night’s debate, John McCain, when asked about why the polls suggest Americans prefer Democrats to handle the economy, responded with a list of Bush’s failures. He topped it all off with a heavy emphasis on spending, saying “We’ve got to get wasteful spending under control.”

I may be pointing out the obvious here, it just really grinds my gears when Republicans talk about spending like it means something. It’s such a ho hum issue. I mean, I believe in the virtues of a balanced budget, but come now, I don’t have trouble sleeping at night thinking about quarterly fiscal reports from the General Accounting Office of Congress.

Don’t get me wrong, good things begin with a tidy financial house. That being said, the guys who talk about controlling spending the most ran the surplus Clinton made into the ground. So if it’s such a problem, repeal Bush’s tax-cuts for the wealthy and end the trillion dollar war. Problem solved. But to say that spending is the biggest problem facing America today? What a …

Comedian Leslie Neilson, of Naked Gun fame, could not play a better idiot than the character current President, George W. Bush plays every day. At the recent APEC summit, ol’ W. lived up to his reputation as idiot in chief by first referring to the APEC summit as the “OPEC” summit, then calling Australian troops “Austrian”.

I mean I know we all make mistakes, we all blunder sometimes. Slick Willie Clinton even f’d up a few times once in the State of the Union saying he wanted to make our neighborhoods more liberal instead of livable. Kerry’s botched joke was also a colossal blunder.

However, these guys have nothing on Bush, who is the reigning champion of engaging the mouth without proper coordination of the brain. We can’t forget his being caught on mic once talking smack about a NY Times reporter, the time he got caught on mic at the G-8 acting the fool and of course my personal favorite, the time he told a group of Japanese investors he planned to devalue the Yen instead of deflate it. The gaffe cost the Japanese stock …

I’m a believer in the right to bare arms to a certain degree, and I understand why so many Americans want to defend that right. However, isn’t it just plain common sense to prevent guys like Cho, with a mental record and several police disturbances, from getting weapons so easily?

I mean come on, if we believe that guns don’t kill people, people kill people, then protecting the rights of gun owners is dependent on keeping people who kill people from getting guns.

You’ve seen him, I’m sure, but take a look again. Look into his eyes. Should this guy be allowed to own a gun? Should he be allowed to buy so many bullets so easily? Should he have been allowed to purchase multiple guns?

Poor Joe,

His crusade to defend the average American Democrat who is indecisive on the war, loves religion and apparently believes anything Bush says has apparently failed. I suppose his twisted idealogy of warfare, do-nothing politics and religion garnered little sympathy from anyone left of the right-wing nutjobs that call themselves Republicans and/or moral human beings (you can fill in here with any insulting comment you like). Poor Joe! Oh poor pathetic Joe. I suppose it’s all over for you… or is it!

I’m guessing he may pull it out just yet in the arms of his new found Republican friends. Should we worry? YES!

This man is not one of us, but if he wins, he may, or may not cast the vote to the appropriate side. After all, it is most important that this right winger cast his official vote to the Democrats (not to specific bills, but to Senatorial power [which would add one more vote to the Dems]), ultimately deciding leadership rolls and the agenda of the entire Senate. Let us not as Progressives make more enemies than we need. We have enough enemies. Progressivism is about reaching out. About …

While American’s focus on the Iraq War, a Supreme Court justice is being decided. The Radical Wrong want to slip this anti-abortion pro-corporate crony through the system while no one is looking.

The Washington Post has a current blog on the prevailing views toward Alito. Check it out! You may even see the following comment:

It is absurd to assume that the America of ‘81 or even ‘85 is the same America today. Times have changed, and the polls suggest a noticeable shift in public opinion towards Roe v. Wade. The Democrats have every right to defend the majority viewpoint, and I would hope they would defend other controversial decisions that have become the law such as Miranda or civil rights laws.

The conservative right wing will pull out any excuse to achieve their objective. This LaRue article is another classic case of politics as usual and the constant focus on the tactical battle, rather than the overall strategy.

The bottom line is that the Radical Right want to overturn Roe v. Wade, and will stop at nothing to do so. The Democrats should stick to their guns and hold their ground on what is a law that most American’s have come to …

Our good old wacky right-wing nut job pal, Bill O’Reilly, in a recent rant on his National Radio Show, apparently invited Al Qaeda to attack San Francisco.

In a response to the city by the bay’s passing of a ballot measure which prohibited Armed Services recruiters from entering public schools, the right-wing pundit said “[I]f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off-limits to you, except San Francisco.”

The clip was then censored from the transcript and delayed broadcasts. The O’Reilly team apparently tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug. Lucky for him, the major media is in the hands of the corporations who think along the same lines as his distorted views, as the story had no traction in the major media. If a Lefty had said anything in the same vain, they would have been stoned to death by the right leaning media.

However, a few outlets, such as MSNBC, did report the story.

O’Reilly then promised to target and even …

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